Poster: A snowHead
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hey, i bought some fischer amc73s (last seasons) for 200 quid brand new with bindings, ive been skiing for 15 years or so and only ever hired skis but im going to do a season in banff and was wondering if these would be good all mountain skis? I was also wondering if it would be worth getting a pair of long, fat powder skis for days when it dumps and i want to go off piste? anyone got any recomendations for good value powder skis? all help would be greatly appreciated - thanks alot!
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Thu 27-11-08 15:53; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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You need to tell us a bit more about yourself, weight, height, ability etc before we can throw any ideas your way. Are you just headed out to work or to do a gap program?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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im 178 cm, 70 kgs im confident on all runs. im going out to do a gap programme. hope thats helpful
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gdizzle, in banff? That's a reasonable on-piste ski for the first 5-6 weeks. You'll know what you want after that. It is very likely to be 84 mm or fatter.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Don't know much about the skis, unless you mean AMC 73's? What length are they? A good pair of boots are the most important thing keeping in mind you will be standing about in them every day.
A pair of powder skis are probably a shout for weekends if you want to rip about and just take a break from the endless wedging;) Probably something 90-100mm is what you are looking for powder wise., Line Prophet 100 etc What company are you doing it with?
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ye - it is the amc 73s! they are 164cm, the boots ive got are nordica speed machine 8s, ive never had any problem with boots in the past hiring them so hopefully they wont be a problem and im going with peak leaders.
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gdizzle, I've a pair of AMC76's which are just a bit wider than yours. I've been really pleased with them.
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gdizzle, you'll have an awesome time-I did it last season-if you do get any problems with your boots check out Ultimate Ski and Ride-just for reference but no doubt Peak Leaders will recommend them anyways. For powder skis Mountain Magic are probably best stocked for them, they have a wall dedicated to powder skis notably 4FRNT and Movement but they also have K2, Nordica, Atomic etc. The graphics on this years 4FRNT EHP's might be worth it alone
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you went to banff with peak leaders?!?!?! its a small world, i just joined snowheads today and im amazed an delighted how helpful everyone has been, is it always like this?! and what sort of stuff should i look out for any particular hot spots youd reccomend? and i think if i were to get powder skis id wait untill i was out there so i dont have to get two pairs of skis out there. Thanks alot to everyone who has posted and any reccomendations for banff would be greatly appreciated too!
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